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We started our fly shop in 1979, a few years after the hatchery program
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Artifishal

We started our fly shop in 1979,a few years after the hatcheryprogram was dissolved on the...

We started our fly shop in 1979,
a few years after the hatchery
program was dissolved on the Madison
River

Full Transcript

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We started our fly shop in 1979, a few years after the hatchery program
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was dissolved on the Madison River.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:23
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
And we were fortunate to catch that wave of a wild trout fishery. - Artifishal 00:05
And we were fortunate to catch that wave of a wild trout fis...
We saw an increase in the number of anglers that came to Montana, - Artifishal 00:10
We saw an increase in the number of anglers that came to Mon...
And that's what really kicked in the fly-fishing businesses at that time. - Artifishal 00:06
And that's what really kicked in the fly-fishing busine...
People are more attuned to a healthy river - Artifishal 00:05
People are more attuned to a healthy river
They see the whole cascade of everything that benefits - Artifishal 00:08
They see the whole cascade of everything that benefits
The one thing that came out of this to me - Artifishal 00:13
The one thing that came out of this to me
And habitat becomes more important - Artifishal 00:06
And habitat becomes more important
As most of you already know, - Artifishal 00:09
As most of you already know,
It does appear that the northwest flank of the mountain seems to be gone. - Artifishal 00:05
It does appear that the northwest flank of the mountain seem...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981, - Artifishal 00:08
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1981,
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin. - Artifishal 00:04
Most of that effluent went down the Toutle River Basin.
The consequences at the river were startling. - Artifishal 00:05
The consequences at the river were startling.
There were chasms of volcanic effluent. - Artifishal 00:04
There were chasms of volcanic effluent.
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution - Artifishal 00:07
At that point, there was the feeling that evolution
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put into it. - Artifishal 00:05
As a result, that meant that no more hatchery fish were put ...
What became evident in the Toutle River system - Artifishal 00:10
What became evident in the Toutle River system
By seven years later, they more than doubled. - Artifishal 00:04
By seven years later, they more than doubled.
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime example - Artifishal 00:17
So those first years at the Toutle River were a prime exampl...
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can produce fish, - Artifishal 00:08
Unfortunately, as the Toutle River began to show that it can...
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down. - Artifishal 00:04
Hatchery numbers went up, wild fish went down.